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Hermida, Ram-Ram gone; Kalish arrives

Originally scheduled to bat eighth and start in left field for the Red Sox for Saturday afternoon’s game against the Tigers, Jeremy Hermida was instead designated for assignment. Highly-touted outfield prospect Ryan Kalish was someone from Triple-A Pawtucket and arrived roughly a half hour before the first pitch.

Kalish took Hermida’s spot in left field and in the No. 8 hole in the lineup for manager Terry Francona.

Also, Ramon Ramirez, who was inconsistent all season, was traded to the Giants for Minor League righty Dan Turpen.

And the Sox got another catcher, acquring Jarrod Saltalamacchia from the Rangers for two Minor Leaguers — right-hander Roman Mendez and first baseman Chris McGuiness. Boston also sent a player to be named and cash considerations to Texas.

Hermida had been in an 0-for-17 slump and was just 2-for-20 since being activated from the disabled list last week. The outfielder was out for over a month with fractured left ribs.

In his first season with the Red Sox, Hermida hit .203 with five homers and 27 RBIs in 52 games.

Kalish hit.293 with eight homers and 29 RBIs in 41 games at Pawtucket. He missed time with a hip flexor injury. The Red Sox acquired Kalish in the ninth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. He is a left-handed hitter.

No move has been made with Mike Lowell, who has yet to be activated from the disabled list.

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I am not surprised that the Hermida experiment is over, but we’ll see about Kalish! Dunno.
Beltre with another error, eh? Again, not a surprise, from our “stellar” 3B. SIGH! Good thing he makes up for it with his offense!
We have apparently acquired Saltalamacchia. WEEI announced the deal is official, for 2 minor leaguer PTBNLs. We have talked over the years about whether we might acquire one of those Ranger catchers. It has just happened–we’ll see if Salty is up to the challenge. (I am not so sure, either– he seemed to regress between his time in Atlanta and today…) We’ll see! GO SOX!

The pitch Dice-K threw to Cabrera said ” hit me far” I assume Dice-K will blame Martinez after the game. lol. Why in the world would Dice-K challenge Cabrera??? Cabrera is the only game changing bat in that Detroit lineup, never ever have the most lethal bat in the lineup beat you. I guess Dice-K didn’t get that memo.

Ramon Ramirez is off to S.F.—AMEN!

Chalk up another error for Beltre. Wasn’t Beltre one of the key’s to this run prevention????

Well I have to say as much as I dislike the Yankees they are making moves and leaving nothing to chance. I am njot sure what the Sox could have done…..but it seems that they uind of watched as other teams were making the moves. Another team I admire are the Angels. 8 games back and they are still adding players trying to stay in the race. Of course…they are chasing one team…the Rangers….the Sox are chasing two teams and we know who they are. I guess each time we get a guy off the DL it will be like adding a marquee guy to the line-up…just wondering how much of a gap there will be by the time that happens. Saltamacchia will not save this team. Maybe next year he will help. Go Sox.

All sorts of trades today but how many were earth shattering trades? Personally I think the Texas Rangers have made all the right moves. Everyone is talking about how good N.Y. and T.B. are but Texas could be the team to watch come October. Any team that can put Cliff Lee in a short series to go along with the Texas bats, that is a team that has a chance to go deep in the playoffs.

WAY TO GO, PAPI! This time, it was a game-winner! Great clutch hitting for Papi, last night and tonight! Too bad last night’s GS was not the game-winner! We’ll take this one! Great job, Papi! GO SOX!
Strange strategy by Leyland, even given the “percentages”, to walk Youk to get to Papi. That bit him last night, and again tonight. HMMM!!!… GO SOX!

Ortiz comes through BIG TIME! He actually went the other way, great piece of hitting. Only out in the ninth was Scutaro and that ball was crushed. Great at bat by Lowrie, when Lowrie is healthy he has shown he can play. Kalish looks like he belongs, he didn’t look overwhelmed at all. McDonald started it all in the ninth.

Atchison was solid and Oki looked good. Overall a great win! 15 hits now that is impressive.

Leyland got bit a little last night but they still won. He tries it again and this time he got bit like it was the movie Jaws. This time it cost him a victory. You have to make him pay in the win/loss column when he puts the winning run on base and this time he paid big time. Way to go Big Papi. 7 RBI’s in the 9th inning in the last 2 games. Now that’s the Papi we all know and love. There is still time to make a difference down the stretch with the clutch hits. Hopefully you are just warming up!!!!! Get Ellsbury and Pedroia back and make up some ground. Won’t be easy but hopefully they’ll give it a go. Go Sox!!!!!

well gettin jake and pedey back will be like addin 2 big trades….possibly lowell back will be depth off bench…so im ok with the non-moves durin the trading season… id rather have the kids play the gaping holes until the starters come back….what will raise my dander is if this offseason nothin is done….alot of payroll is gone this offseason….if i was theo….werth would be roamin left or rt for me next yr….im not a fan of the strict dh ….yes i love papi…he will forever hold that love for absolutely demolishin the yanks in 04….but….papi’s struggles for months at the beginnin of seasons is getting all to familiar….in the AL east u can not have month long struggles…so….what will happen the rest of the yr….7 games back in WC is huge….it will take some real heroics to move up that far….it could happen tho…go sox…..judge

Big Papi’s 2B would be meaningless if the hitters before him did not get on the bases. Thanks D McD for starting the rally.
Extremely pleased that Hermida experiment was ovah. Is Cash experiment ovah yet? Go Sox. Go Becky!

I think the most alarming news with the trading deadline was the Red Sox were active and looking to deal Ellsbury away. I assume those talks will intensify this winter and Ellsbury could end up somewhere else in 2011 and beyond.

Judge spoke about the Red Sox going after Werth ( I’m o.k. with that ) but the guy I’m going hard after is Carl Crawford. If Boston doesn’t sign Crawford, Werth would be my plan B. Of course lots of baseball to be played between now and then so we’ll discuss winter moves when that time shows up.

Today Buchholz is looking like the Buchholz we saw before the All Star break. If Boston can hold off Detroit today, the lowly Tribe come in for a four game series. I’m looking ahead here but Boston could go into N.Y. with a six game winning streak. More good news, Dice-K will pitch the final game against the Tribe. So that means Dice-K will not even sniff that mound in N.Y.—AMEN!

Watching the N.Y.–T.B. game. Shields is pitching a gem, much like Buchholz today.

Boston made a trade for Wagner last August, so picking up a decent piece to the puzzle can happen. Kotsay was also a player that was picked up in August in the past. It seems you get more bang for your buck in August. Toronto was asking for the moon and stars for Scott Downs. Downs is o.k. but would never ever give up a top prospect to get him.

Buchholz pitched great but he ends up with a no decision. Papelbon pitches like crap but gets the “W”. Huh????? I think in a case like this, the official scorer should be able to step in and give the win to Buchholz because he obviously deserved it. Papelbon didn’t deserve that win, he gave everyone nothing but a headache and heartache!

Sox want to unload Ellsbury? That makes no sense unless you consider who his agent is. It screams that Boras will ask too much money for him. I don’t know for Ellsbury is one hot contender when he’s out on the field. I’d hate to see him go.
Its obvious that Papelbon’s days are over. He decays by the start and looks like a fool out there. Clay takes the hit but Papelbon gets the win. Unbelievable but the rules defend Papelbon…sadly.
Clay finally gets his due. He’s an excellent pitcher that will only get better with time. Lowrie also is coming into his own. We’re seeing the fruit of the farm system come forth. Sadly we lost some talent through stupid trades (Gagne for one) but we still have lots available.
Sox have no bullpen to speak of so no post season to speak of. Too bad but there is always next year.

It was a beautiful bunt laid down by Scutaro. The play would be very close even without the throwing error. It was McD again that started the rally. A tough decision to make when Ellsbury is activated.
The lineup is noticeably better without Hermida. How could Pap take the win unabashfully?

In defense of Paps and I am not a big fan of him, Bucky did depart with 2 runners on and none out. Paps was beaten by one of the best hitters in the ML and the other hit was a softly hit single. Other than Mariano, Paps is still one of the best closers in the AL. Bard had 4 blown saves as well. Who?s to set up for Bard? Let Paps be the set up man and Bard be the closer?

Andrew,
Well put. Being a closer is not an easy thing. Buck with more experience would have gotten the job done. Sadly, he didn’t and had to rely on the bullpen which has not done well this season. Pap is still better than Delcarman but 2007 was his year.

HI all.. Am I the only one that is surprised at how quiet (mime like actually) The Sox were at the deadline?? Are they going to try and do something in August?? Are they going to just be silent again?? I know that my knowledge of the inner workings of the Front office is absolutely nil, but it bothers me a lot that the Sox are content to sit back and watch other teams get bigger and better while we wait on the prospects to MAYBE payoff.
And I think that the thing with Ellsbury not being around for all that time and then sounding off to the media had to have something to do with them wanting to shop him around.

I used to get nervous every time a ground ball went towards Lugo. Am starting to feel the same way every time Paps comes in to save a game. If the Sox get to the playoffs Paps will have to get a lot of the games best hitters out…..that’s his job. Go Sox.

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